U. S. Army and Navy Prisoners of War 1864

Officers of the United States Army and Navy, Prisoners of War, Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. This list comprises those officers who were imprisoned at Libby Prison during the winter and spring of 1864.

They were removed from Richmond to Danville in the early part of May, and from thence to Macon, Savannah, Charleston, Columbia, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Goldsboro'.* The succeeding list furnishes the additional captures of the summer and fall campaigns. Extracted from The Capture, the Prison Pen, and the Escape, Giving a Complete History of Prison Life in the South.

* A small portion of the Libby prisoners were sent North for special exchange during the month of March, and a few succeeded in escaping before we reached Georgia.

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